Double-balanced single-side band mixer for millimeter wave mobile communications

Jorge Paulo Alves Torres; Maria Joao Rosario; Joao Jose Costa Freire

doi:10.1117/12.262765

18 December 1996 Double-balanced single-side band mixer for millimeter wave mobile communications

Jorge Paulo Alves Torres, Maria Joao Rosario, Joao Jose Costa Freire

Proceedings Volume 2842, Millimeter and Submillimeter Waves and Applications III; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.262765
Event: SPIE's 1996 International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1996, Denver, CO, United States

Abstract

In this paper the design of single side band mixers to convert C to V band signals is presented. A step by step design technique, based on harmonic balance simulations is described. The mixer devices are Schottky diodes compatible with a GaAs MESFET technology. The mixers were optimized for minimum conversion loss over the widest possible bandwidth when used as both up or downconverters in order to be used on a large number of applications. The experiments show, for both applications, a minimum conversion loss in the range of 8 to 9dB and a 3dB bandwidth larger than 6GHz.

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Jorge Paulo Alves Torres, Maria Joao Rosario, and Joao Jose Costa Freire "Double-balanced single-side band mixer for millimeter wave mobile communications", Proc. SPIE 2842, Millimeter and Submillimeter Waves and Applications III, (18 December 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.262765

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